Doris Bittar

Interdisciplinary Artist focused on Pattern and Migration. Author, Educator, Curator, and Civil Rights Activist. MFA at U.C. San Diego, BFA at S.U.N.Y Purchase

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

@AliAbunimah Blessings to you dear man! Palestine will be free.

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

URGENT action needed — sign the petition to tell the U.S.: Hands off Syria NOW! @codepink https://t.co/4o5lF4yN6C

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

@MenchOsint One issue that the article does not address is that Israel is weaker than it was. My question is: Is Israel able to do more than one thing at a time because it's weaker? Can it continue its plans to expand the Golan, reconstruct the West Bank and commit genocide in Gaza, too?

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

“I really thought I could take something back after this week. And I don’t know what I am going to say to them.”

My convo with Palestinian-American lawmaker @ruwa4georgia, who was denied a spot on the DNC stage, plus Andy Levin & Leyla Elabed.
Full show: https://t.co/72WUIV1iF1

[James J. Zogby @jjz1600]

Why is the Biden Administration echoing Trump’s recognition of Israel’s illegal annexation of the occupied Golan Heights? This undermines our professed commitment to international law.

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

@jjz1600 Let's hope action follows her words to end the Gaza genocide. She has to earn my vote, still...

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

@ninaturner @jjz1600 @JamaalBowmanNY Right on, Jamaal! Tell it like it is and how our tax dollars are being used for the destruction of others, and not used to fund healthcare, education, and our future.

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

Netanyahu’s bombing of Rafah sends a clear message that he believes both he & the Israeli government are above international law, the International Criminal Court & United Nations' top court.

Babies burned alive. Palestinians massacred overnight. End the genocide. #CeasefireNow

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

@jrauch64 Maybe...

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

@jrauch64 It's a way to measure the peace vote, Arab vote, & Muslim vote. We don't have the option to be uncommitted in California. I wish we did. We want to launch a consequential vote, an abstention or a write-in to be visible & show LEVERAGE. We're a bundle. "Look, there they are!"

[jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill]

** “Reporters” for The New York Times and Wall Street Journal Who Authored Incendiary Stories Have Ties to Israeli Propaganda Efforts**

The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have both published major stories making grave, incendiary allegations that aided and abetted Israel’s lie-filled justifications for the mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza. The substance of these stories, rooted in unsubstantiated/unverified narratives, has been the focus of intense public scrutiny because of questions surrounding their veracity. But there are also significant ethical questions involving some of the authors of these stories and their previous ties to Israeli propaganda efforts.

Both stories were co-authored by anti-Palestinian figures posing as objective journalists. The NYT story “Screams Without Words” asserted there was a systematic, widespread rape and sexual violence program conducted by Palestinians on October 7. Among the issues with this story, which relied heavily on innuendo rather than documentable facts, is the family of one of the alleged victims disputing the accuracy of the Times piece and stating they were interviewed under false pretense for the story. For more on the scrutiny of this story, see:

https://t.co/51bM5cA1zH

https://t.co/dDOnevZiGu

The co-author of the Times story, Anat Schwartz, has “liked” multiple tweets supporting genocidal actions in Gaza (she has since deleted her X account). Among these was a statement cited by the ICJ as a statement of possible incitement to genocide. Along with another co-author, Adam Sella, Schwartz pressured an October 7 witness into cooperating with the Times story, saying it was “important… to Israeli hasbara” (propaganda). Schwartz appears to have only started working as a reporter in November 2023. See here:

https://t.co/fC0xu6Pg1O

https://t.co/NwlXVkMAHs

https://t.co/Sdz70Ne6Ow

The WSJ story “Intelligence Reveals Details of U.N. Agency Staff’s Links to Oct. 7 Attack” laundered dubious Israeli propaganda painting UNRWA, the most vital humanitarian organization operating in Gaza, as a Hamas front organization whose members directly participated in the October 7 attacks.

The WSJ story served as a delivery service for Israeli allegations that even the US government now says it cannot confirm. This story was a crucial piece of propaganda employed to justify the gutting of UNRWA funding by the US and other governments. The co-author of this story, Carrie Keller-Lynn, served in the Israeli military with her close friend whom she credits for developing social media strategy for the IDF during the 2009 Gaza war. Keller-Lynn was also an anti-BDS activist while in university in the US. After photos of her in IDF uniform began circulating, Keller-Lynn locked her X account and previous articles and podcasts detailing her history and views were scrubbed from the internet. See here:

https://t.co/lLmwpwbf1a

https://t.co/BqA2VSZkRs

These are serious ethical issues, on top of the mounting questions about the accuracy of the stories themselves, that both the NYT and WSJ should publicly address. These publications have great impact on both policy and public understanding of this war. How do they justify allowing such figures to operate as supposedly independent arbiters of the facts?

Contrast this situation—allowing anti-Palestinian figures to write consequential “news” articles, not opinion pieces, for major US publications— with the cases of Palestinian and Arab journalists, and journalists in general who have expressed sympathy for the plight of Palestinians, being told they cannot cover the war because of concerns about their objectivity.

For a broader examination of the way Israel has engaged in a systematic propaganda campaign about the events of October 7 and beyond, see my recent piece, “Israel’s Ruthless Propaganda Campaign to Dehumanize Palestinians:”

https://t.co/cE7yyDtlJj

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

@_waleedshahid @PeterBeinart pathetic and disingenuous.

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

Sign this petition to share your concerns with the Wall Street Journal! The unbridled hate increases among pundits and elected officials. I take hope in the extraordinary fact that about 70% of the American public supports protecting Palestinians here and abroad. Please share.

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

@YousefMunayyer Your list of destruction will always be endless. Israel destroys its own history in Gaza, too. Israelism's and Zionism's Brave New World mode does not leave room for anyone. It's a make reality-not learn from reality. Neocon at best and diabolical genocide at worst.

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

My piece was published in the San Diego Union-Tribune: As Americans, we deserve the equal attention of our civic and elected leaders, university provosts and media https://t.co/FrwvDNziHZ

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

WE CHARGE YOU WITH GENOCIDE, @POTUS @SecBlinken @SecDef

I'm following South Africa's damning ICJ case against Israel today. This is a GENOCIDE, and Biden has been fueling it. The blood of 30,000 Palestinians is on his hands.

Permanent ceasefire NOW #EndIsraelsGenocide

[Sabby Sabs @SabbySabs2]

I commend @CynthiaNixon for using her platform to call for a ceasefire! I'm shocked, The View allowed this discussion to take place to be honest.

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

@SenOssoff @ossoff No rapes, no babies beheaded. These lies are revealed every day. There is a context here. Your response is measured, but your exaggerations add to hatred of Arabs. Stop making stuff up. It is bad enough without your lies. Israel has no morals, never has.

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

@briebriejoy @jrauch64 @ChrisLynnHedges It is time to step out and away from the best of evils.

[Doris Bittar @DorisBittar]

Just published this commentary in the San Diego Union-Tribune: https://t.co/f8nID7MAIK